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/**
* Copyright (C) 2010 the original author or authors.
* See the notice.md file distributed with this work for additional
* information regarding copyright ownership.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.beust.jcommander;
/**
* An interface that converts strings to any arbitrary type.
*
* If your class implements a constructor that takes a String, this
* constructor will be used to instantiate your converter and the
* parameter will receive the name of the option that's being parsed,
* which can be useful to issue a more useful error message if the
* conversion fails.
*
* You can also extend BaseConverter to make your life easier.
*
* @author cbeust
*/
public interface IStringConverter<T> {
/**
* @return an object of type <T> created from the parameter value.
*/
T convert(String value);
}
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